Amazing video!👍👏 I just began my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They have an incredible range of digital comics for every genre, including the hard to find ones. Lifetime updates too!😁
That was great thanks. I had an Australian Newsstand version of Amazing Spider-man # 361 I still Have Spawn #1, and I swapped a "What IF" comic with a friend for a Damaged New Mutants# 98. The cover was pretty bad but the rest was fine and it was way cooler than owing a "What If" comic about Captain America
Grew up with a friend that had almost all of these as that was our teen era and he would buy comics all the time. He got me into it with my first X-men comic I ever read.
Your videos are looking better and better Dave. I have a bunch of these books thanks to your advice. Deadpool, Gambit, Carnage really great long term holds. I keep dollar cost averaging by buying one 9.8 a month 😅
Dave Sim is acompete tool, similar to Toddy, but at least he stuck with Cerebus over its run, unlike Todd who left his own book for hundreds of issues here and there over time. Give Capullo the credit for keeping this book around.
@@ComicBookInvestments But it's not a cameo. A cameo is two or three panels. Gambit's in at least two pages. But many collectors don't want to admit that because they're scared the value of their X-Men 266 will go down. What fans may "think", and what actually IS, are two different things.
Curious how low of a grade folks would go on a graded book? The 9.8 premium is pretty hefty, would a 9.4/9.6 be a decent alternative (though clearly with not as high returns)?
Dave- this was sincerely one of my favorite videos. A great combination of great pacing and great info to help any collector. Great job. I’ll keep this one on my save list.
I remember watching news videos of adults saying that the comics they bought would help pay for their kids college fund. Their kids’ kid’s college funds, maybe. Oh the 90s, it was a special decade.
I remember that period in the comic industry,I thought the people who believed comics would pay for kid's college fund were highly misinformed.They thought comics with 100,000 print runs were like as valuable as golden age comics,They weren't.They didn't know what made golden age comics sooo valuable was there aren't many around anymore,HENCE the high prices for them.
Great video as always! I would like to add to the Harley Quinn part that you did that I think some of the biggest exposure and popularity boom that she got came from the Arkham franchise and particularly the first game. There were people I know that never even heard of Batman that played that game and were cosplaying as Harley Quinn the next day 😜
I'm glad to see some comics on here I have. When I was a kid I had the the supporting books where Cletus Kasady was first intro and first cameo of Carnage. 361 is his first full app. Maximum Carnage run is also a good investment.
Another great video! Just picked up a second copy of NM 98. Not a 9.8- neither of my copies are. My original I bought off the shelf and didn’t bag and board it right away. 😬 Both are probably 9.2-9.4. We will see when I finally send them off.
Hi, hi been watching your channel for a while now. Always useful information. In your opinion, which is the best online price guide for comic books? Thank you.
Interesting, I have five of these comics in my personal collection: first Cable, first Gambit, first Carnage, first Deadpool, and two of Spawn. I might even have Batman Beyond.
I have 7 of the books in this list. I don’t have the Mario bros. The bone. And the first appearance of hell boy. I must admit I wasn’t a big hell boy fan. I always. Thought. x or the mask would be bigger deals than hell boy. Deadpool and spawn 1 were massive creations back in the 90s. Also lobo should be in here.
Hey wassup dave I’m really a big fan of you and your content , if i have the amazing spider man #361 at 9.6 cgc grade is that still a good investment on the long-term?
My collection has first appearance of Gambit, Rogue, Sabertooth, and a slew of signed comics by Mike Wieringo. A run of Journey into Mystery (30 books). I have yet to get them appraised. Been toting them with me since 1993. 1,300 books in total.
Excellent data Dave. Thanks for posting. I wonder what the Wizard 1/2 issue of Bone might be worth, as it's the only Bone comic I have ever owned. My copy of Spawn #1 was signed by Todd at FAO Schwartz in Manhattan back in 1994 when he was there selling his toy line. He also signed my copy of Spawn #4 and he dated that book, but not #1. They have been untouched since then. As CGC won't verify the signatures, my option will be CBCS. I will be submitting them soon. Best to all.
you can still grab raw gambit books dirt cheap I've been watching the bubble pop on many books the past 3 months and they will come down more just like cards did in the early 90's watch and see
Crazy out of all the comics printed in the 90's only a handful are worth anything. I got a bunch of those books but I got Spawn#1 Black and White cause it's a more rare and better book.
I love the content and have four of these comics that have been well maintained but in bagsand boards. Before today, I have not checked pricing since the old Wizard Magazine days. The question is that, even if I get them officiall sealed and rated, where can I sell if I decide to do so? Certanly not my local comic shop in Montana, lol. Thanks again for the content.
@@ComicBookInvestments Thanks. I may do that. I grew up with the "this is what your books are worth" but never an outlet to sell. I began to look at it more as an inheritance for my kids some day. I guess my first step is to get those 4 graded and sealed.
You got all the great books in the 90s the only thing I would tell you to do a swap the Batman adventures and the new mutants in the provider I think that they Batman adventure book has a lot more bandwidth and they were a lot more copies produced
Hi David hey I love your videos man. You know the spreadsheet you use to go through and give your comics grades and that you read off of in your videos is that spreadsheet that you made or is it from one of the apps?
Dude. You have definitely missed one, in 1996 there was Doom Knee Deep In the Dead. It is now worth over $7000.00. The reprints from the Doom Eternal Box Set are going for Hundreds. You mentioned the Mario Comic? This was far far more influential and Valuable. If you do another list you must put this on it.
Yep his first true appearance is X-Men Annual#14 but X-Men#266 is considered his first appearance and the money book and I think it's because it has a better cover which is stupid.
I’d be curious to see you do an update video on these same books… They are all dropping big time ASM 300 went up to $8,500, now it’s only going for $3,000… Should have sold my entire collection a few years ago! Also it’s a crime that didn’t mention Spiderman 1 platinum… One of the ONLY books that actually continues to rise in value!
To spend ten grand for a Spawn #1 is crazy. There are too many of them in circulation. Whoever bought that took a loss. Thats like buying an X-Men #1 9.9 grade for ten grand,
Nice. I have 2 copies of Spawn 1. How can I get my books appraised. I would like to sell my whole collection. Mostly Marvel. I even have 2 copies of Captain Carrot. I have over a hundred pounds of books. Mostly in series. Like the first 50 issues of New Mutants.
The old OG Image Comics artists appears to be seven but there is a 8th. He’s not there because those artists just switched their art styles to his and then found huge success. Masamune Shirow.
When you compare these to the S&P 500, etc. You are assuming that people would have purchased these few books in particular and had them in 9.8 condition for years before CGC came along. The 90s were filled with literally so many bad worthless books that you can probably stretch then back to back from here to the moon and back 50 times if you were to put all those crappy books in a line. So picking out 10 books out of tens of thousands & then only looking at those few in premium condition and then trying to compare it to the S&P 500 is not a cogent argument.
U can say the same about stocks though. I picked the best stocks of the last decade. As well as the comics. There are thousands of stocks that suck and lost money or the companies went under and they don’t exist. Not every stock is a good investment. Same with comics.
@@ComicBookInvestments he is talking about an index fund for the SP 500 not individual stocks. Th e index resets its self every year based on what has dropped out of the SP500 and what has entered plus the dividends that you get which allows you to get more shares. It’s a huge difference then picking single stocks so your analysis is flawed. If you said picking individual stocks then yes you are correct
@@ComicBookInvestments you cannot say that about the S&P though. They move to the best blue chips. That’s why I wouldn’t throw cash at a single company as a long term. Even the Almighty Elon will end up crashing.
But these books were 10-20 years old by 2012. It was feasible to buy them as investments then and to compare the 9.8 prices then to now. He's not comparing cover prices to now. I dug up my collection that I mostly bought at cover and graded within the last 18 months. My 3 copies of NM98 graded each graded at 9.6 and I bought then raw for $1 each. I sold one for $450 about a year ago which was an over 1000% ROI even including slabbing costs.
I found a pretty affordable Batman Adventure’s 12 this week it’s a 7.0 I saw it when I went in to my LCS for Twig and TMNT 128 😅I did a gasp and asked about the book I was going to wait until FCBD but I arranged a payment plan cause I didn’t have the full total that day And it’s a good thing I went back in and put 💰 down cause someone else was about to ask about it and it wouldn’t have lasted until Saturday
7 out of 10 isn’t bad. New Mutants 87 x3, Super Mario 1, I have the Next Men issue but not the 1st appearance of hellboy, amazing 361 x3, X-men 266 x2, spawn 1, Batman adventures 12 x2, new mutants 98 x2.
Amazing video!👍👏 I just began my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They have an incredible range of digital comics for every genre, including the hard to find ones. Lifetime updates too!😁
I’m a very proud owner of that 1st Appearance of Gambit, thank god that Channing Tatum movie fell thru 🙏🏽
The movie yes, the character however...
I just got myself an X-Men 266 9.4 signed by Claremont. Glad to see it on the list!
That was great thanks. I had an Australian Newsstand version of Amazing Spider-man # 361 I still Have Spawn #1, and I swapped a "What IF" comic with a friend for a Damaged New Mutants# 98. The cover was pretty bad but the rest was fine and it was way cooler than owing a "What If" comic about Captain America
Last year, I sold my lone issue of Batman Adventures #12 for $300. Now, I'm thinking, maybe I should have held on to it?
Probably
Your production on this video was top notch. I know you put a lot of time and effort into this video and it shows. Excellent work!
Thank you :)
Nice! I have the Spiderman #361. Guess I need to get it graded lol Def not a 9.8 as it was used by me as a kid.
Grew up with a friend that had almost all of these as that was our teen era and he would buy comics all the time. He got me into it with my first X-men comic I ever read.
I got quite few Youngblood comics including issue number one
I dig the documentary style opening, and your editing has improved greatly.
Thanks. Ya editing actually takes the longest
Really liked your narrative format this go 'round, thanks!
Thanks
Excellent list and show! One of my favorite videos you have done...👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
At the time of New Mutants, no. 87 was THE book to get, not 98
Your videos are looking better and better Dave. I have a bunch of these books thanks to your advice. Deadpool, Gambit, Carnage really great long term holds. I keep dollar cost averaging by buying one 9.8 a month 😅
Awesome video!! Great information. Very well put together. Keep up the great work!!! 😎
Wonderful video!!!! Great editing and graphics. Great info and backstory. 10/10
Thanks
Dave Sim is acompete tool, similar to Toddy, but at least he stuck with Cerebus over its run, unlike Todd who left his own book for hundreds of issues here and there over time. Give Capullo the credit for keeping this book around.
I liked comics back then. They weren't really mainstream. Now with all the movies, its just not the same.
Love seeing the books I collected as a kid are now worth a small fortune.
Thanks so much for this video. The data and Numbers in this video just changed the books I'm going after long term.
Excellent video Dave, Thank you
Great info but Gambit's appearance in X-Men Ann. 14 isn't a cameo, it's a full appearance since he in there for at least a full two pages.
Most people think of it more as a cameo. That is why it’s worth a quarter of xmen 266
@@ComicBookInvestments But it's not a cameo. A cameo is two or three panels. Gambit's in at least two pages. But many collectors don't want to admit that because they're scared the value of their X-Men 266 will go down. What fans may "think", and what actually IS, are two different things.
I love these vids! Great job Dave!
Excellent video. I know it takes a lot of time to do all those graphics and movie clips. Thanks.
Ya it took awhile to do this video. I try to do something like this once a month. Glad you liked it
Curious how low of a grade folks would go on a graded book? The 9.8 premium is pretty hefty, would a 9.4/9.6 be a decent alternative (though clearly with not as high returns)?
Yes for these books 9.4-9.6 still work
Love this video!! Great info! 👍
Amazing job on this. Your a professional
Thanks
Dave- this was sincerely one of my favorite videos. A great combination of great pacing and great info to help any collector. Great job. I’ll keep this one on my save list.
Thanks. I’m glad you liked it
I look for the blade comics from dark horse comics to rise as well
Davd, this is one of your best videos yet. My favorite is still the horror book video. 🤘
Love that horror one too :)
Question: How do you feel about Avengers v3 #1?
I remember watching news videos of adults saying that the comics they bought would help pay for their kids college fund. Their kids’ kid’s college funds, maybe. Oh the 90s, it was a special decade.
Ya I saw those videos too. It’s funny
I remember that period in the comic industry,I thought the people who believed comics would pay for kid's college fund were highly misinformed.They thought comics with 100,000 print runs were like as valuable as golden age comics,They weren't.They didn't know what made golden age comics sooo valuable was there aren't many around anymore,HENCE the high prices for them.
Awesome picks...love all those books. Always have :)
The 90's were a great time.
The last great decade that modern comic books were a thing and not niche.
…for movies.
Great Work, appreciate the hard work and dedication!
Much appreciated!
I own a couple of the entries on this list, but they aren't graded. The early 90s were a fun time to be a comic fan...
Super helpful, totally worth watching
Thank you for your video production was just great.
Thanks
Great video as always! I would like to add to the Harley Quinn part that you did that I think some of the biggest exposure and popularity boom that she got came from the Arkham franchise and particularly the first game. There were people I know that never even heard of Batman that played that game and were cosplaying as Harley Quinn the next day 😜
I'm glad to see some comics on here I have. When I was a kid I had the the supporting books where Cletus Kasady was first intro and first cameo of Carnage. 361 is his first full app. Maximum Carnage run is also a good investment.
Awesome. Glad you have some of these!
That’s fantastic, thanks for sharing
i have 9 out of the 10 mentioned. still perfect with the card back and sleeved with CDC of 9.2 to 9.6 for each. i was an obsessed collector
Another great video! Just picked up a second copy of NM 98. Not a 9.8- neither of my copies are. My original I bought off the shelf and didn’t bag and board it right away. 😬
Both are probably 9.2-9.4. We will see when I finally send them off.
Thanks for this amazing video! 90”s were great
I love your videos when you do top comic book investments by decade.
Thanks
Hi, hi been watching your channel for a while now. Always useful information. In your opinion, which is the best online price guide for comic books? Thank you.
Excellent! Well done 👏
Interesting, I have five of these comics in my personal collection: first Cable, first Gambit, first Carnage, first Deadpool, and two of Spawn. I might even have Batman Beyond.
Are you gonna do a george perez tribute soon? Looking forward to it
I can do one on him.
That was my era as a teen! And I own a bunch of these.
Great job..very entertaining.
I have 7 of the books in this list. I don’t have the Mario bros. The bone. And the first appearance of hell boy. I must admit I wasn’t a big hell boy fan. I always. Thought. x or the mask would be bigger deals than hell boy. Deadpool and spawn 1 were massive creations back in the 90s. Also lobo should be in here.
That’s awesome. Congrats. Keep them :)
Hey wassup dave I’m really a big fan of you and your content , if i have the amazing spider man #361 at 9.6 cgc grade is that still a good investment on the long-term?
wow, great video. thanks so much
My collection has first appearance of Gambit, Rogue, Sabertooth, and a slew of signed comics by Mike Wieringo. A run of Journey into Mystery (30 books). I have yet to get them appraised. Been toting them with me since 1993. 1,300 books in total.
Wow. That’s a lot of books. Congrats
Well damn, I have several of those. 5,4 and 2 spawn #1s all in mylar since the 90s.
Excellent data Dave. Thanks for posting. I wonder what the Wizard 1/2 issue of Bone might be worth, as it's the only Bone comic I have ever owned. My copy of Spawn #1 was signed by Todd at FAO Schwartz in Manhattan back in 1994 when he was there selling his toy line. He also signed my copy of Spawn #4 and he dated that book, but not #1. They have been untouched since then. As CGC won't verify the signatures, my option will be CBCS. I will be submitting them soon. Best to all.
bone 13 1/2 isnt worth much unf
This was well done 👍
Great list!
you can still grab raw gambit books dirt cheap I've been watching the bubble pop on many books the past 3 months and they will come down more just like cards did in the early 90's watch and see
Crazy out of all the comics printed in the 90's only a handful are worth anything. I got a bunch of those books but I got Spawn#1 Black and White cause it's
a more rare and better book.
I love the content and have four of these comics that have been well maintained but in bagsand boards. Before today, I have not checked pricing since the old Wizard Magazine days. The question is that, even if I get them officiall sealed and rated, where can I sell if I decide to do so? Certanly not my local comic shop in Montana, lol. Thanks again for the content.
My thats awesome. We run auctions if you wanted to sell them. Or you could always use eBay. We have zero fees right now.
@@ComicBookInvestments Thanks. I may do that. I grew up with the "this is what your books are worth" but never an outlet to sell. I began to look at it more as an inheritance for my kids some day. I guess my first step is to get those 4 graded and sealed.
Literally checking these prices live as this video rolls and none of these prices are anywhere close to reality
You got all the great books in the 90s the only thing I would tell you to do a swap the Batman adventures and the new mutants in the provider I think that they Batman adventure book has a lot more bandwidth and they were a lot more copies produced
14:15 Can anybody tell me who is the guy next to Jim Lee?
Hank Kanalz
@@Rorschachqp Thank you! I always wondered who it is! 🙂
Hi David hey I love your videos man. You know the spreadsheet you use to go through and give your comics grades and that you read off of in your videos is that spreadsheet that you made or is it from one of the apps?
Thanks. Those are spreadsheets I personally make for these videos
Dude. You have definitely missed one, in 1996 there was Doom Knee Deep In the Dead. It is now worth over $7000.00. The reprints from the Doom Eternal Box Set are going for Hundreds. You mentioned the Mario Comic? This was far far more influential and Valuable. If you do another list you must put this on it.
Great video but can u do a budget version like comics what aren't so high in value but still make money if u hold on to them
Gambit appeared in a least 4 panels in the annual. Sadly that enough to make it his first appearance
Yep his first true appearance is X-Men Annual#14 but X-Men#266 is considered his first appearance and the money book and I think it's because it has a better cover which is stupid.
I have a Spawn #1, near mint condition, where do I take it to get rated?
Cgc or cbcs
Surprised about the Spawn. Maybe i should get mine rated. Have one in amazing shape sitting in my collection.
We don't talk about the mario movie man 😂 you're breaking the code of silence
I’d be curious to see you do an update video on these same books… They are all dropping big time ASM 300 went up to $8,500, now it’s only going for $3,000… Should have sold my entire collection a few years ago! Also it’s a crime that didn’t mention Spiderman 1 platinum… One of the ONLY books that actually continues to rise in value!
Good video. You’re a little high on some of those books. I usually look at average sales as opposed to single high sales.
please do more top 10 lists, top ten worst is good also
Fun thx!
Great video and insight...
To spend ten grand for a Spawn #1 is crazy. There are too many of them in circulation. Whoever bought that took a loss. Thats like buying an X-Men #1 9.9 grade for ten grand,
cool Statement.Thanks for the Info ;-)
Great video. Subbed
Thanks :)
Nice. I have 2 copies of Spawn 1. How can I get my books appraised. I would like to sell my whole collection. Mostly Marvel. I even have 2 copies of Captain Carrot. I have over a hundred pounds of books. Mostly in series. Like the first 50 issues of New Mutants.
What about Spawn #8 and Spiderman 1st collectors item?
Those are good. But don’t hit the top 10
@@ComicBookInvestments no, I'm aware I meant to ask if they are still valuable?. Where I can review the current value?
Thanks for replying.
These prices are price guide values or auction sold?
Sold
What do you think of the Newsstand Spawns in 9.8?
Great show!
great content. ty
It's nice to see the hobby in the forefront again but it feels unsustainable in the long run . What goes up must come down.
@NFT Daily News I agree
I looked up X-men #1 on eBay and I was shocked that they are going for around $10 a piece, twice that for the newsstand editions.
There is just too many that exist to ever make it more valuable. Under u got a 9.9 or 10.0
The old OG Image Comics artists appears to be seven but there is a 8th. He’s not there because those artists just switched their art styles to his and then found huge success.
Masamune Shirow.
I have the first appearance of Carnage and Spawn. Both mint
The only way to collect spawn 1 is newsstand imo!
Plus spwn is just a great story!
The Best foot artist in the world, brutal 😆 🤣 😂
And how can I get rid of these? I have hellboy, spider man superboy and some others
You can sell them through our website or in our auction. www.Collectorscomics.com
Nice job
When you compare these to the S&P 500, etc. You are assuming that people would have purchased these few books in particular and had them in 9.8 condition for years before CGC came along. The 90s were filled with literally so many bad worthless books that you can probably stretch then back to back from here to the moon and back 50 times if you were to put all those crappy books in a line. So picking out 10 books out of tens of thousands & then only looking at those few in premium condition and then trying to compare it to the S&P 500 is not a cogent argument.
U can say the same about stocks though. I picked the best stocks of the last decade. As well as the comics. There are thousands of stocks that suck and lost money or the companies went under and they don’t exist. Not every stock is a good investment. Same with comics.
@@ComicBookInvestments he is talking about an index fund for the SP 500 not individual stocks. Th e index resets its self every year based on what has dropped out of the SP500 and what has entered plus the dividends that you get which allows you to get more shares. It’s a huge difference then picking single stocks so your analysis is flawed. If you said picking individual stocks then yes you are correct
@@ComicBookInvestments you cannot say that about the S&P though. They move to the best blue chips. That’s why I wouldn’t throw cash at a single company as a long term. Even the Almighty Elon will end up crashing.
But these books were 10-20 years old by 2012. It was feasible to buy them as investments then and to compare the 9.8 prices then to now. He's not comparing cover prices to now. I dug up my collection that I mostly bought at cover and graded within the last 18 months. My 3 copies of NM98 graded each graded at 9.6 and I bought then raw for $1 each. I sold one for $450 about a year ago which was an over 1000% ROI even including slabbing costs.
I found a pretty affordable Batman Adventure’s 12 this week it’s a 7.0 I saw it when I went in to my LCS for Twig and TMNT 128 😅I did a gasp and asked about the book I was going to wait until FCBD but I arranged a payment plan cause I didn’t have the full total that day
And it’s a good thing I went back in and put 💰 down cause someone else was about to ask about it and it wouldn’t have lasted until Saturday
I finally grabbed Deadpool mark jewelers 9.4 which is probably around the line I wouldn’t go lower in grade
7 out of 10 isn’t bad. New Mutants 87 x3, Super Mario 1, I have the Next Men issue but not the 1st appearance of hellboy, amazing 361 x3, X-men 266 x2, spawn 1, Batman adventures 12 x2, new mutants 98 x2.
BA12? I thought it was waning in popularity & investment growth. Iconic yes, but still worth getting a copy?
Not waning. She is still so popular.
Cool 😊